Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
RAMANA MAHARSHIEven in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
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All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself.
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You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.
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The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.
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I Am’ is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.
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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.
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The mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The thoughts have their root in the I-thought. Whoever investigates the True “I” enjoys the stillness of bliss.
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It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
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Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.
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